Te Awatea Pawa
Photographer: Symphony Morunga
Photographer: Te Rawhitroa Photography
HEKENGA Ā MOKO View work here
Photographer: Te Rawhitroa Photography
HAEHAE View work here
Photographer: Te Rawhitroa Photography
WHARE PORA (Print) View work here
TAIOHI 2023
Ko Panguru, ko Papata,
Ko te rakau tupatapata i tū ki te Hauauru.
Ko Ruarei, Ko Raparapa ngā uri o Wharewhare ki te rangi.
Tu te Ao, Tu te Po!
Tihei Mauri Ora!
Ko Te Awatea Tikitiki o Kohurangi Pawa tōku ingoa, he wheinga nō ngā maunga me ngā awa o Hokianga ki Taumarere. Whānui ake nō Ngāti-Hine, Ngāti Ruamahue, nō Panguru.
Ka haere ngātahi āku Mahi Toi me ngā pūrakau o te Ao Māori. Ko te tino pūtake o āku Mahi Toi hei whakamana i ngā tini kōrero o te Ao Māori. Kia kaua te hunga e wareware ki ngā kōrero a kui mā, a kara mā.
He tirohanga tēnei kaupapa toi ki ahau, ki tōku ao. Kia kite te ao i taku tino tuakiritanga hei ringatoi Māori, ā, mā ngā pūrakau me ngā kōrero maha o roto e kawe i ēnei tirohanga. Ko ngā tūāpapa o ēnei mahi ko te whenua, ko te whakapapa, ko te hītori, ko te ahurea Māori, ka mutu, ko te Reo Māori. Koia nei ngā pou whirinaki māku hei kawe i āku mahi toi ki te ao.
He maha ngā pūkenga ka tāea e te tangata. Engari, mōku ake, ko te peita, te whakairo me ngā mahi ā matihiko ngā huarahi e whai ana e au i tēnei wā tonu.
"Āta tirohia ki ngā taipitopito o aku mahi toi, he reo anō tōna!"